Egypt: Opposition to take to the streets against Mursi.

Opposition forces in Egypt have called for nationwide protests after the country’s President Mohamed Morsi issued a new constitutional declaration to expand his powers.

"This (declaration) is a coup against legitimacy... We are calling on all Egyptians to protest in all of Egypt's squares on Friday," said the chairman of Egypt’s Lawyers Syndicate, Sameh Ashour, at a joint press conference with prominent opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei on Thursday

ElBaradei, a Nobel laureate and the former director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), also condemned President Morsi, saying that the president “usurped all state powers and appointed himself Egypt’s new pharaoh, a major blow to the revolution that could have dire consequences.”